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Get your weekly roundup of technology news with The Two Techies. Released every Saturday, the show goes over some of the most notable and interesting technology stories of the week. Occasionally joined by guests, well known to the technology world!
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The Two Techies 105: It's Yours!

Google's Android racks up it's 10th billion app download, HP donates WebOS system code to open source developers, Dell kills off its last Android tablet in the US and Microsoft reveals details of its Windows Store plan. If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Dec 10, 201153 min

The Two Techies 104: Money, Money, Money!

What is Carrier IQ, what it isn't and what you need to know, Spotify opens up to add-on apps from third parties, Sony spikes sales with early offers on iTunes and Amazon and the UK Chancellor announces more funding for broadband. If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Dec 03, 201157 min

The Two Techies 103: Christmas Gift Guide

Christmas is fast approaching! In this episode we give you our gift recommendations for your family and friends this Christmas! If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Dec 01, 20111 hr 9 min

The Two Techies 102: Anyone Want a Tablet?

Will the iPhone be malware free forever, Apple becomes UK’s number two online retail store, HP did sell some TouchPads before killing it’s tablet and ISPs can’t be forced to filter web content. If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Nov 26, 20111 hr

The Two Techies 101: What Make is This?

Google, Facebook and others join the fight against 'Stop Online Piracy Act', Roku is launching in the UK and Canada soon, Samsung redesigns Galaxy Tab after Apple's sales ban and Google unveils Android-based online music store. If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Nov 19, 20111 hr 13 min

The Two Techies 100: Blink and You'll Miss It!

Mobile Flash has been discontinued, the latest 'Call of Duty' game breaks sales record, Are Sony prepping a "Different kind of TV" and Apple admits iOS 5.0.1 didn't fix all battery issues. If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Nov 12, 20111 hr 3 min

The Two Techies 99: What About Me?

Google reportedly looking to get into the cable TV business, Apple awards Executives 1,000,000 Shares of Stock to stay until 2016, Arts groups tell BT to block access to The Pirate Bay and Internet Explorer's share of web traffic drops below 50%. If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Nov 05, 20111 hr 3 min

The Two Techies 98: Any Good Ideas?

Nokia announce a new range of phones, Sony buys the rest of Sony Ericsson, RIM faces compensation lawsuits over Blackberry outage and HP will now keep it's PC and tablet arm. If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Oct 29, 20111 hr 3 min

The Two Techies 97: Ice Cream, Anyone?

What ever happened to the Digital Economy Act, Android debuts Ice Cream Sandwich, Steve Jobs vowed to 'destroy' Android and the EU plans to spend billions on boosting broadband speeds. If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Oct 22, 201153 min

The Two Techies 96: Needs More Work!

California declares October 16th as Steve Jobs Day, Google Chrome has 200 Million users, Apple wins battle to block Samsung tablets in Australia and a security hole in HTC phones gives up email addresses and location. If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Oct 15, 201156 min

The Two Techies 95: Remembering Steve

Steve Jobs has sadly passed away, Could OnLive be the app that kills bandwidth caps, If the A5 makes mobile gaming 'awesome', why isn't it in the iPod Touch? And should you upgrade to the iPhone 4S or wait for the 5? If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Oct 08, 20111 hr 20 min

The Two Techies 94: iPhone 4S Announcement

On today's special episode of The Two Techies, we give live commentary of the October 4th Apple event. Along with our opinions of the announcements, such as the iPhone 4S, the new iPod's, iCloud and iOS 5. If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Oct 05, 20111 hr 26 min

The Two Techies 93: Round the Roundabout

Tougher rules for UK broadband advertising, Google boosts London's Silicon roundabout, Samsung to pay Microsoft royalties over Android and Amazon unveils $199 Android Kindle Fire tablet. If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Oct 01, 20111 hr 1 min

The Two Techies 92: Qwikflix

TalkTalk tops UK complaints list, Amazon Media event set for September 28th, OnLive cloud gaming comes to UK, Mac OS X Lion passwords can be changed by hackers and Netflix splits DVD and streaming service. If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Sep 24, 201157 min

The Two Techies 91: Sign On The Dotted Line

VMWare Fusion 4 is released, Microsoft drops Flash from IE on Windows 8 tablets, Microsoft has sold 450 Million copies of Windows 7 and Sony asks gamers to sign new terms, or face PSN ban. If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Sep 17, 20111 hr 1 min

The Two Techies 90: Ring Ring, Carol!

HTC sues Apple after Google sells tech patents, a German court permantly bans the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Twitter has 100 Million active users and Yahoo boss Carol Bartz is fired by Yahoo's board of directors over the phone. If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Sep 10, 20111 hr 2 min

The Two Techies 89: Not Again?

Apple puts Final Cut Pro 7 back on sale, Call of Duty Elite social network will be deeply integreated with Modern Warfare 3 and Eric Schmidt on why Google is buying Motorola. If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Sep 03, 20111 hr 2 min

The Two Techies 88: Keep It Quiet!

Skype to buy group messaging company GroupMe, Will Sony's Playstation 3 Price cut save it? HTC Unlocks it's phones and United Airlines to deploy 11,000 iPads to it's pilots. Today's episode was pre-recorded on Tuesday 23rd August and is for Saturday 27th August, thus the news is relevant up-to then (23rd August). We'll be back to normal recording schedule on Saturday 3rd September! If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our new...

Aug 23, 201151 min

The Two Techies 87: Was That a Smart Idea?

HP kill the TouchPad and WebOS, and ditch the PC business. Google acquires Motorola Mobility, Evernote acquires image editor Skitch and make it free and Microsoft confirms Windows 8 App Store. If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter Thanks to Erik Lanigan for coming on today's show!

Aug 20, 20111 hr 7 min

The Two Techies 86: "Smart" Bar

Joined by Veronica Belmont, we discuss Microsoft filing a patent for a new type of mobile slider, Apple patent application surfaces to remove finger prints from screens, Google+ Games go live and is the Era of the PC coming to a close? If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter Thanks to Veronica Belmont for coming on today's show!

Aug 13, 20111 hr

The Two Techies 85: Leave it to The Robot!

Google Chrome gets instant pages, a hacker can shut down an Apple MacBook battery, A Human driver crashes Google's robot controlled car and the UK Government drops website blocking. If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Aug 06, 201156 min

The Two Techies 84: We Need More Data Centres!

Apple has more cash than the US Government, 90 second sound previews finally begin rolling out internationally, 48 hours of footage is uploaded to YouTube every minute and promoted tweets are set to appear in your Twitter Timeline. If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Jul 30, 201152 min

The Two Techies 83: I Think You've Got a Virus

Apple are apparently in early talks to acquire Hulu, Lion is released as well as new Macbook Airs, Mac Minis and a Thunderbolt Cinema Display and Google to warn PC virus victims via search If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Jul 23, 20111 hr

The Two Techies 82: Swapify

Android reaches 130 million devices, growing by 550,000 a day, Is Microsoft creating a new social search engine, Spotify launches US streaming music service and is Netflix coming to Spain and the UK next year? If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter Thanks to Erik for coming on today's show!

Jul 16, 20111 hr 15 min

The Two Techies 81: Hotmail is Cold

Microsoft's Hotmail celebrates its 15th birthday, Apple are preparing Lion and the rumoured Macbook Air's for launch next week, Spotify is set to launch in US and GoDaddy is sold for $2.25 Billion If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter Thanks to Matt for coming on today's show!

Jul 09, 201156 min

The Two Techies 80: That's a Bargain!

MySpace is sold for $35 Million, Google+ challanges Facebook, Security researchers discover an indestructible botnet, Adobe lure unhappy FCP X users with half-price software and 200 million Tweets are sent out, per day! If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Jul 02, 201155 min

The Two Techies 79: They'll Never Be Happy!

The Winklevoss twins ending their legal row with Facebook, then file another lawsuit! Final Cut Pro X is now in the Mac App Store, but is comparable to FCP 7? A Jude says Samsung can't see Apple's future iDevice designs, yet. If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Jun 25, 20111 hr 10 min

The Two Techies 78: Please Sir, Can We Have Royalties?

Kinect for Windows SDK beta now available to download, Apple delays Macbook Update until Lion is released, Will Spotify launch in the US this summer and RIM's value drops 20% overnight. If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Jun 18, 20111 hr

The Two Techies 77: Microsoft, Cough Up

The Wii U demo games shown at E3 were actually Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, Rumours say iTunes Match isn't coming to the UK until 2012, Microsoft must pay $290m for patent infringement, Nokia loses another technology chief, Spain arrests Anonymous suspects If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter

Jun 11, 20111 hr 2 min

The Two Techies 76: WWDC 2011 Special

On this special episode of The Two Techies we cover Apple's Keynote at WWDC 2011 providing commentary and our thoughts as the event unfolded. If you enjoy The Two Techies, please subscribe to our other shows at munchtech.tv You can also subscribe to our newsletter at munchtech.tv/newsletter Thanks for listening!

Jun 06, 20111 hr 47 min
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